Some terminals don't always follow terminal escape codes to the _letter_.
You could try and force the line prompt, force the cursor to the correct position and force clearing after the line prompt.
An example of the cursor forcing, it is just as easy to manipulate this to write the prompt and clear the line
I want to get the screen width and cursor positions.
When I used curses, all the screen content was cleared.
So Can I use curses to get the screen size without clearing anything in the window?
Or is there any other alternative???
I can use only C or C++. (0 Replies)
Hi,
Pleae help me on this. Normally, when we say read username, the cursor will come in the first position of next line, but I want the output of the below
Normal usage
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please enter username:
_
I want like the below
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please enter username:
... (2 Replies)
Hi to all!
I'm a teacher of maths and physics in an italian high school in Milan, Italy.
I need a simple program that read the position of mouse cursor in function of time and write the coordinates in a text file. The time resolution have to be something like 1/10 sec or better (I have to know... (2 Replies)
hi all,
am trying to modify a ksh script to group server names together depending on the cluster they sit in. currently the script does a
find . -name '*.pid'
to find all running servers and prints out their pids and names.
current output looks something like this :
serverA ... (1 Reply)
I need to get the cursor position, and put it inside a variable. Problem is, i don't have the tput command, or ncurses.
Apparently I was supposed to try the following:
echo -e '\E
But I don't get a value or anything. Please help. (3 Replies)
Hi there.
It's easier to explain this with a pseudo code, I hope this makes sense:
var1=hello
echo $var1
some kind of loop
echo loop counter
done
How do I hold the cursor position immediately behind the last output so I'd get something like:
hello123456789
DOS used to use ","... (5 Replies)
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gettydefs
gettydefs(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual gettydefs(4)NAME
gettydefs - speed and terminal settings used by getty
DESCRIPTION
The file contains information used by to set up the speed and terminal settings for a line (see getty(1M)). It supplies information on
what the prompt should look like. It also supplies the speed to try next if the user indicates the current speed is not correct by typing
a Break character.
Each entry in has the following format:
Each entry is followed by a blank line. The various fields can contain quoted characters of the form etc., as well as where nnn is the
octal value of the desired character. The various fields are:
label This is the string against which tries to match its second argument. It is often the speed, such as at which the terminal
is supposed to run, but it need not be (see below).
initial-flags These flags are the initial settings to which the terminal is to be set if a terminal type is not specified to (see
ioctl(2)). The flags that understands are the same as the ones listed in (see termio(7)). Normally only the speed flag is
required in the initial-flags. automatically sets the terminal to raw input mode and takes care of most of the other flags.
The initial-flag settings remain in effect until executes
final-flags These flags take the same values as the initial-flags and are set just before executes The speed flag is again required.
The composite flag takes care of most of the other flags that need to be set so that the processor and terminal are communi-
cating in a rational fashion. The other two commonly specified final-flags are so that tabs are sent to the terminal as
spaces, and so that the line is hung up on the final close.
login-prompt This entire field is printed as the login-prompt. Unlike the above fields where white space is ignored (a space, tab or
new-line), they are included in the login-prompt field.
next-label If this entry does not specify the desired speed, indicated by the user typing a Break character, searches for the entry
with next-label as its label field and set up the terminal for those settings. Usually, a series of speeds are linked
together in this fashion, into a closed set. For example, linked to which in turn is linked to which finally is linked to
If is called without a second argument, the first entry of is used, thus making the first entry of the default entry. It is also used if
cannot find the specified label. If itself is missing, there is one entry built into the command which brings up a terminal at baud.
It is strongly recommended that after making or modifying it be run through with the check option to ensure that there are no errors.
EXAMPLES
The following two lines show an example of 300/1200 baud toggle, which is useful for dial-up ports:
The following line shows a typical 9600 baud entry for a hard-wired connection:
FILES SEE ALSO getty(1M), login(1), ioctl(2), termio(7).
gettydefs(4)